Ezekiel 20:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.”

Ezekiel 20:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ezekiel 20:1616 words

HebrewMeaning

יַ֜עַןyaʿan

becauseconjH3282

forasmuch · seeing then · that · wheras ···

בְּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֣/יbəmišəpāṭay

ceremonypronH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

מָאָ֗סוּmāʾāsw

abhorverbH3988

cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

חֻקּוֹתַ/י֙ḥuqwōtay

appointednounH2708

custom · manner · ordinance · site ···

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

הָלְכ֣וּhāləkw

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

בָ/הֶ֔םbāhem

pron

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖/יšabətwōtay

sabbathnounH7676

חִלֵּ֑לוּḥilēlw

beginverbH2490

defile · break · defile · eat ···

כִּ֛יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אַחֲרֵ֥יʾaḥărēy

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

גִלּוּלֵי/הֶ֖םgilwlēyhem

idolnounH1544

לִבָּ֥/םlibām

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

הֹלֵֽךְhōlēkə

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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